Top ranked online poker tournament player in the world according to the PocketFives Worldwide Rankings in Niklas "tutten7" Åstedt, Lucas "duchas4p4rati" Blanco and Brazil's Luiz "PheresAA" Feres are among the players to join the field.
Event #14: $250,000 Super XL - Tune Up has just kicked off with 601 players in action. The total figure expected to significantly rise before the four-hour late registration period is over.
Players can rebuy for $160 and receive a fresh stack of 15,000 during late registration, provided that they have lost all their chips.
The first cards will not be in the air for another 20 minutes, however, today's Event #14 is set to be huge with already 500 players registered for the tournament.
Welcome to the $160 Event #14: $250,000 Super XL -Tune Up taking place online at 888poker at 6 p.m. GMT. The Super XL Series features 63 action-packed events from Jan. 19 to 31 with more than $5 million in guaranteed prize pools. The schedule should appeal to players of many tastes with a Mini, Turbo and Main version available for most of the tournaments.
Event #14 is one of 10 Super XL events taking place today, combining for a huge $1 million in guaranteed prize pools.
Time (GMT)
Event
Buy-in
15:45
Event #12 $35,000 Super XL - Sunday Breeze
$55
17:30
Event #13 $150,000 Super XL - Mega Deep
$215
18:00
Event #14 $250,000 Super XL - Tune Up
$160
18:00
Event #15 $50,000 Super XL - Mini Tune Up
$12
18:30
Event #16 $35,000 Super XL - Sunday Monsoon
$55
19:00
Event #17 $200,000 Super XL - Whale
$600
19:35
Event #18 $100,000 Super XL - Sunday Challenge
$90
20:30
Event #19 $50,000 Super XL - Turbo Mega Deep
$215
21:00
Event #20 $30,000 Super XL - Turbo Tune Up
$55
22:00
Event #21 $10,000 Super XL - Super Turbo Tune Up
$75
Event #14: $250,000 Super XL -Tune Up is a deep-stacked affair with players starting off with 15,000 chips and blinds increasing every 20 minutes. Players will be able to rebuy for 15,000 additional chips for $160 during the four-hour late registration period provided that they lose all their chips.
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